Garment-presser.



H. M. SVEBILIUS.

GARMBNT PBESSEB.

APPLICATION FILED 1111.11, 191s.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11.1913.

Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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GARMBNT PRESSBR.

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HENRY M. SVEBELIUS, 'C-EICAGO, ILLINGS, ASSGNOR T0 JOSEPH SALTZMAN, OF CHICAGO, LLNGS.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Application filed January l1, 1913. Serial No. 741,483.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, HENRY M. Svnniiiins, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Chicago, in the county of Coolrand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Garment-Pressers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pressing machines employed more especially by tailors and.y

clothing manufacturers for pressing garments, and my primary objects are to pro-1 vide a manually-operated machine for-the purpose above stated, which shalhbe ofstrong'and durable construction, by which: the iron shall be caused to exert relatively greatpresure with comparatively little e;-v

fort on the part of the operator, and generally to so improve upon machines of this cordance with my invention, the section be-` ing taken at the line 1 on Fig. 5 and viewed in the direction of the arrow, thisview showin the machine in inopereting position. fig. 2 is a broken sect-ion taken at the line 2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l, excepting-that the upper portion of the machine is shown in full elevation,this view showing the positions assumed .by the parts of the machihe during 'the pressing operation. Fig. l is a broken view in side eleval' it xc of the similar spring devices employ i connect-ion with the iron-lowering means for returning the parts of the machine le position illustrated in Fig. l. l" 5 a view. in rear elevation of z illustrated in the preceding figures; and Fig. 6, a plan view of the machine.

The frame of the machine is formed of a supported on spaced uprights 8, suitably braced together to provide a rigid structure, the bed 7 being pro-vided with leaves 9 hinged thereto, as indicated at 10, these leaves forming, when raised to the position illustrated in Figs. 5.and 6, extern.

sions to the bed 7 for support-ing a garmentl being pressed. Mounted. on the forward edge of the bed 7 is a pressing-table, or buck, 11, which, in accordance with common practice, is preferably made hollow and is equipped with means for heating it, as for example, the burner 12.

vCooperating with the buck 11 is a presseri head 13, pivotally connected, as indicated at i 14, with the forward end of a rod 15 reciprocably supported on rollers. 16 and 17 carriedhy a head 18, pivotally mounted,` as g.. hereinafter described, on the upper end of a y vertically movable shaft 19.

The presser-head 13 is adapted to be raised and lowered for moving it into and .-'11

out of operating position relative to thebuck y ll byraising and lowering 'the shaft 19, and' to tms end, .l provide the mechanism of which the following is a description: Rigidly secured to the shaft 19 is a. collar 20,A provided with a shaft 21, located in the rear of' the shaft 19, and extending beyond thev 1 opposite sides of said collar. Y their angle portions 22 to the ends'of a shaft` 23, fixed in the frame of the machine, are bell-crank levers 24e, spaced 'apart and journaled at their rear ends on the protruding ends of the shaft 21, and at their lower ends on the ends of a shaft 25, passing through the angle portion 26 of a bell-crank lever 27. The lower end of the bell-crank Pivoted at lever 27 is bifurcated, as represented at r28,

at which portion it is equipped with av shaft 29 on which is journaled the upper end of a link 30, which extends between the arms 28 and vis pivotally connected atits' .lower end through the medium of a shaft 31, with a collar 32, fixed on the lower end of the shaft 19. The upper end ofthe bell-crank 27 is pivotally connected, as indicated at, with the upper bifurcated end 34 of an arc-shaped link 35, the lower' end of which latter is bifurca-ted, as represented at 36, at which it is pivotally connected, as indicated atj37 with a treadle 3S, pivoted, as indicated at 39,. at its rear end, to the ramevof the machine,

the link 35 carrying a pin 40, which extends beyond opposite sides thereof and to which the forward ends of coiled springs 41, ad-

iustably vfastened at their rear ends to the traine of the machine b the tastenino' means thaty Said head be adjustable up and down in order that garments oi' difiere-ut thicknesses may be properly pressed and the de- !i gri-ee of pressure exerted by the presser-head To this 1 he regulated, as conditions reipiire. end, I pivotally inount the head 1S on the upper end ot the shaft 19 and provide, adjusting means 'for adjusting Ythe head 1S on 'l5 said shaft, a description of these means being as follows: rThe shaft i9 toward its upper end tlireadedas represented at 4t2, and screwing thereon is a eplit clamping not 44, the head 'i8 being 'formed with spaced fio1uiper and lower bearing@ #l5 and 4-(3, at "which the head 'i8 is journaled on the upper end oi' the shaft 1 9 and between whieh the nut Mis positioned. lt will thus be under- Stood that by turning the nut 44 in one di- -reetion or' the other, the head 18, and consequently the head i3, will be raised or lowered on the shaft- 19, depending' upon the direction in which the nut 4ais turned, the provisidi or' a clamping-nut preventinglhe 3o head 1S, when swung upon the shaft i9,

during the pressing operation, Yfrom atiectine" the adjustment of Said nut.

The normal position of the machine is illust 'ated in Fig'. l, wherein the prese-erhead l?) is held inraieed position by the action of the springs ll. To operate the inaehine for depressing'- the presser-head 13 againet a garment on the buck, the operator bears down on the treadle 38 with the result n) of drawing down oh the link 35, which swings the bell-cranks 2li to the right in Fie. l and the bell-crank 27 -to the leitin Said ligure, the connections between these helleranliS and the collare QG and/'3Q on the @nait 19 causing' `eaid shaft and the parte earrieo therel'iy, ao hereinbefore described, 'to be forced down with great preseure against the resistance ot the 'springs 4l.; lVhen it is desired that the presser-head 1? be nraised for 5o interrupting the pressing operation. the on' erator will dieeoiilinue downward presente on the treadle 38, wl'iereupon, under the aetion oi the springs 4l, the connections between the treadle and the Shaft 19 will be inoved to the position illustrated in Fig, l,

and be held in such position until the treadle 38 is again depressed.

ln order to properly 21.tide the shaft i9 for insuring' straight-line niovement thereof, G0 l iorni in the lo\\i'er end thereoll a lalot #lV-T, the lower end of which is slightly forwardly oil'set, as represented in Figa. l and 2S, the slotted end oit thiel Shaft extending inte a, reeesaa flS in the lreadle 58 and engaging al l 1 l l l l i i its slot with a pin l0, carried by the treadle lt will be manifest that as the trezulle 38 neven dmvnwardly, when operated as hereinbe'fore described. the pin 4f) will engage the rear wall of the forwardly oll'set portion olf the slot and tend to tip the head 1S do\` nwardly to the right in Fig'. l, and thunl overeonie any tendency of the iron to be tilted baekwardly by reason of the change in the angular position of. the bell-cranks and the inherent spring in the overhanging,h portion of the head 18, under the preesure ei;- erted by the treadle.

' lt will be readily understood from the 'foregoing that by iny improved connections between the treadle 3S and the 'shaft- '19, great pressure lnay be exerted on the Shaft lil for depreseine' it, with slight exertion on the part of the operator in depressing the treadle 38, and that by mounting' the head 1S on the shaft 1i), in aeeolu" nee with my presenti invention, a strong ai .i du able adjustable connection ie provided between said head and shaft.

liilhat l claim new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. ln a inaehine of the character deseril'afd,

the combination olf a Stationary l'raine carrying a preSSing-table, a Inovable traine, a presser-head carried by said movable :traine for eoperation with said pressing-table, a bell-crankV pi'votally' connecting: said :trainee together, a Second bell-crank pivoted to said first-named bell-crank, a link pivotally eonneetine' said Seeonill-named bell-Crank with Said movable nieniber, a treadle'pivol'ed on Said Stationary iframe, ineane eonneeted with said. treadle and with said bell-crank mechanism tor aetuatingi' the latter to niove said movable iranie' when' the lreadle is operated, and means operating' to yieldinely hold said movable traine in raised eoiulition,

ln a niaeh'ine of the Character described, lhe combination of a stationary ,traine carrying' a pressing-table, a movable traine, a. presser-head carried by Said movable traine for eoperation With said pressing-table, a. bell-crank pivoted at ite angle te `aaid stationary frame and pivoted at one arno thereof to said movable haine, a Second bellerank pivoted at its angle to the other, dependii'ln', arin oi said first-named, bell-e raul", a linlr pivoted to the depending' arm or' said seoond bell-crank and to said movable iframe, a. treadle pivoted on the stationary traine, means commet-ing said treadle with the other arm ol aid second bell eranl, and i'neanS operating' to 'yielding-fly hold Said movable twine in raised condition.

:5. ln a. niaehine olf the Character described, the eonlliination oli a stationary 'iranie carryine a preaaingg-talile, a' movable traine, ai 'presser-head carried by said movable :trarne for trooper-ating with Said preeSing-tahle, a

bell-crank pivoted at its angle to said stuthe other arm of said second bell-crank, and 10 tional-y frame andpivoled at one arm tbeiemeans engaging with said link for. yieldof to said movable frame, a, second bellingly holding said movable framein raised crank pivoted at its angle to the other, decondition.

pendilw, arm of said first-named bell-crank f 7 1 linli i-iivoted to the depending arm of saicl )HENRX M' SX EBILIUS' second bell-crunk 'and to said movable frame, In the presence ofa treadle pivoted on the stationary frame, e XV. B. DAVLES,

link connected with said treadle and with J. LANDERMA. 

